South Africa’s administrative capital witnesses a rally raging against the US’ deadly and aggressive attitude towards Iran and its destructive policies in the Middle East.

Iran’s defense chief says the country stands ready to counter any possible threat with its quality ammunition.

The US special representative for Iran says the successor to the IRGC Quds Force Commander Lieutenant General Soleimani, who was assassinated in a US drone strike, will face the same fate if he follows in the same path.

Joe Biden says that President Trump “flat-out lied" about the justification for assassinating Iranian top commander Qassem Soleimani.

A former CIA officer says the United States lied about Iran's General Qassem Soleimani, who was waging war against Daesh terrorists, saying he posed a threat to the US.

The US secretary of state says Soleimani's assassination was part of a “bigger strategy of deterrence”, a shift from Trump's previous claim that it was meant to prevent an “imminent” attack.

The Weekly is a brief look back at the most consequential news from last week with a view to putting them in context.

Pentagon chief Esper contradicts the US president on intelligence that Trump claims suggested Iran's commander Soleimani was plotting imminent attacks against four US embassies.

Renowned American scholar Chomsky says the recent assassination of Iran’s top General Soleimani’s by the US is an act of “international terrorism.”

People in Bangladesh protest the United States’ assassination of top Iranian anti-terror commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani.